Topics Started by little_Socrates

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RUMOR of a JW terrorist (a personal memoir)
by TerryWalstrom in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
rumor of a jehovah’s witness terrorist.

(a personal memoir).

john f. kennedy's brother, robert (bobby) was assassinated in 1968 shortly after winning the california democratic presidential primary.
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Can halluciengins reveal what has been hidden from us and bring more answers?
by Bad_Wolf in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
halluciengins, and several recent studies pointed out how we us only certain sections of our brain depending what is happening.

but some of them, like acid, make your entire brain turn on.

heightened senses.
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US Republican congressman, others injured by shooter in Washington DC
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
tragic occurrence:.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/steve-scalise-shot-in-virginia-aide-also-hit/ar-bbcfakv?li=bbnb7kz.

i saw another report indicating that the gunman may have targetting gop members.
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What do You Think About Hybrid and Electric Cars?
by Village Idiot in
1. social
2. current
battery technology has been making leaps and bounds in affordability and energy output throughout the past decade.

while pure electric cars currently have limited range, the near future holds prospects for longer ranges.

hybrids, and recently plug in hybrids, have a mileage of up to 50 mpg* giving them a range of 500 miles from a ten gallon gas tank.
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Japan On High Alert
by snowbird in
1. jw
2. friends
my g'daughter and her hubby are stationed in okinawa.. i talked with her a few hours earlier today, and she stated they're preparing for the worst.. young people are remarkably resilient, aren't they?.

sylvia.
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June 2017 Watchtower - Jehovah's Sovereignty is at stake if you disagree with us
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. bible
four years ago the watchtower made the following demand.

all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.

they are not content with obedience and in the upcoming june watchtower they have this to say -15. how does respect for theocratic headship reveal our love for jehovah’s way of ruling?15 what is our response to divinely authorized headship?
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Why I believe the quality of my posts has improved.
by The Rebel in
1. jw
2. friends
" thinking fast and slow" is a self help book by d kahneman.. according to my simplified understanding of the above self-help book we have 2 brains, which the author calls system 1 brain and system 2 brain.. system 1 brain is the brain that make the decisions, that we do as routine.. system 2 brain is the brain that uses conscious reasoning.

thinking that requires conscious effort.. now the interesting thing is system1 brain is often making decisions system 2 brain isn't even aware are being made.

this is because system 2 brain requires conscious reasoning, and thinking that requires effort.
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Should a Priest ,Elder ,Pastor withold a crime from the relevant authorities because of a confidential confessional ?
by smiddy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what do you believe , is a confessional something that is sacred between the the two parties involved ?

or does it depend on the severity of the crime/sin.. or is their a responsability of the recpient of the confession to divulge what he/she knows about the crime.?.

what we see in movies ,tv, etc shows it is a no no .but is that true ?the confessional is only between the two involved.?.
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Election Post-Mortem
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
i'm sure many people, republicans included, are shocked at the results of the 2016 presidential election.

really, wtf!.

the polls were wrong and although it's tempting to blame voter suppression and fbi interference, that would just avoid looking at the real issues for the loss.
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Origin of Life
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in recent years significant progress has been made in solving the question of how life originated on our planet.. how do you think theists will respond when it finally happens?

as a former christian i know my reaction would have been something like "well that just goes to show that it takes intelligent life to make life", but for two reasons that defense doesn't work.. firstly it would prove that life is not an ethereal force that originates with god.

there is no 'ghost in the machine', no elan vital.